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What do you think will be the biggest flop of 2019?
- Thread starter Memento
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Dreams will do well. Once the beta hits someone will do something amazing (like a fully remade Mario 64 level) and the game will get hype. Also I doubt sales expectations are as high as some other titles like Anthem, which would be my answer to this thread.
From all the big games i feel like Rage 2 is the only one that i have the feeling that its gonna flop.
Seriously? If you find something boring it automatically becomes flop? You must be some kind of magician :P
And people saying MM has never released anything profitable game should seriously check sales of LBP games and the infinite number of paid dlc drops. Heck sackboy was the Playstation mascot for the PS3 generation. You will really think SOny would push Sackboy of the games were not successful? I just don't get the hate for Dreams here. 50 super passionate devs working on an ambitious idea, taking their own time to release a game which is finished and works well. You guys deserve the recycled shit you get every year which is broken on release.
Maybe check who was the developer of that game?
You don't think MM has any say in what gets released using their creation? Because they were out there with Sumo pushing it before release. But the question is what do I think is going to flop. And I think Dreams will. If it doesn't, cool. If it does, oh well. They make simulators that simulate what boredom looks like (to me).
This is a pretty good take on this topic. I think Days Gone will do fine though not stellar. Crackdown 3 will probably sell pretty well as I feel like the Xbox base is hungry for a good exclusive. Rage 2 is likely going to be that game everyone says is really fun but doesn't sell well. I wish I was more positive on Anthem but I don't feel like there's much hype for it nor do I see it meeting expectations. I hope for BioWare's sake I'm wrong.
Seriously?!? I am sure it will do great.My most anticipated game for the rest of this gen,now that RDR2 is out.
Destiny is in top top 7 most played spot on Xbox since June. Often in 2/3/4. The division is the one hag has fallen off a cliff.
I'm not a Bioware fan at all (I think Mass Effect 2 is their only good game since Jade Empire) but I think the notion of Anthem flopping is nuts. It might have a dissapointing launch content wise like Destiny did but I think it'll still sell a ton.
Same goes for Division 2. People on here don't seem to like Ubisoft games but that doesn't reflect the reality of the mainstream. It'll sell really well.
Days Gone will sell well as long as it's halfway decent, just not God of War/Spider-Man well. I don't know if that constitutes a flop though.
For me Rage 2 seems like a likely candidate. I don't remember the first one selling particularly well. It's going to be beaten to market by the similarly themed and bigger name Far Cry game and trust in Bethesda is low after 76.
Dreams if it ever comes out will flop financially at least (I'd love to be wrong about that though).
I want to say Crackdown 3 but what's the expectation/barometer for success with that? especially with it being on game pass.
Same goes for Division 2. People on here don't seem to like Ubisoft games but that doesn't reflect the reality of the mainstream. It'll sell really well.
Days Gone will sell well as long as it's halfway decent, just not God of War/Spider-Man well. I don't know if that constitutes a flop though.
For me Rage 2 seems like a likely candidate. I don't remember the first one selling particularly well. It's going to be beaten to market by the similarly themed and bigger name Far Cry game and trust in Bethesda is low after 76.
Dreams if it ever comes out will flop financially at least (I'd love to be wrong about that though).
I want to say Crackdown 3 but what's the expectation/barometer for success with that? especially with it being on game pass.
Not really, because that decision is made by Sony. And at that point they were already working on Tearaway & Dreams.
I am not even going to get into explaining that how it's neither simulation nor everyone has to create anything because the game will already come with MM created story level on release date and community stuff. And that's just the beginning.
Coming to the topic, I think this is kind of topic is really negative and since lot of Dev's are on ERA it must be highly disheartening for them to see people say their upcoming game will be a flop. A game which they may have been working on for years. No one sets out to make a bad/flop game and seeing how people easily write off someone's work without even trying it can really be depressing for some. Most of the people are listing new IPs as potential flops. No wonder devs and publishers shy away from trying new things.
For me personally, I'm really looking forward to Shenmue 3, but also have no faith in it being good.
I'm adding my vote for Anthem. I'm predicting it will be a decent game (Metacritic 70-75) but fail to get the critical and consumer response needed for success. That and EA will monetize it in every way they can, turning away some consumers who have gotten tired of that nonsense.
I'm sad to even write this, but Dreams will likely be released and forgotten very quickly. Just like Tearaway (and Unfolded) was. Days Gone will fine but not great. I can see Anthem being a bit of a flop too, but that all depends of what expectations there are.
But the whole point of Dreams is that you can make or play anything in it, so I don't know how you could possibly say this with confidence. Dreams could theoretically be a first person shooter, a twin stick arcade shooter, a third person exploration title, a rhythm game, a platformer, a horror game, a sports title, a mini game, a racing game, a walking simulator or whatever else, so by claiming it's a boredom simulator you're essentially saying you find anything and everything boring.
No, and I don't trust alpha previews either. Alpha of Destiny was fun but the game overall is a flop imo
Crackdown 3 is near the top of that list. Biomutant will also be a flop, but won't nearly fair as poorly.
I'm going to be a bit crazy here and put The Outer Lands on the list if it does make 2019. I think it does have everything to make it one of the best games of the year, but I'm not sure it's going to sell nearly as well as some people might think, even riding on the wave of destruction left behind by Fallout 76.
I'm going to be a bit crazy here and put The Outer Lands on the list if it does make 2019. I think it does have everything to make it one of the best games of the year, but I'm not sure it's going to sell nearly as well as some people might think, even riding on the wave of destruction left behind by Fallout 76.
Crackdown 3 full price sales probably as the Nr1 Contender but we obviously will never know because Gamepass will cover it up pretty good.
Rage might flop on PC, but I think it'll do very well on consoles, and I think Bethesda are happy to risk it.
I don't see how Crackdown 3 can flop because it launches on Game Pass day and date. It kind of takes itself out the running because people will play the ever loving shit out of that game and I suspect the majority wouldn't have paid $60 to play but will gladly take advantage of their subscription to do so.
I don't see how Crackdown 3 can flop because it launches on Game Pass day and date. It kind of takes itself out the running because people will play the ever loving shit out of that game and I suspect the majority wouldn't have paid $60 to play but will gladly take advantage of their subscription to do so.
no one is talking about or seem interested in Division 2. launches just behind Anthem (which will have problems but it wont be a barren wasteland or dumpster fire). I think Left Alive isnt going to sell well but i dont think thats going against expectations, crackdown 3 will find its audience. Maybe Shenmu 3? i think thats my guess, nothing announced so far for 2019 seem like a Fallout 76 or mass effect andromeda level scenario.
Some of yall are fucking crazy in here. Learn to divorce your personal tastes from sales predictions, folks.
I didn't think Spider-Man would've matched God of Wars punch, but I'm happy to be wrong on that... anyone who thought it was flopping is clearly insane and not to be quoted or trusted.
Days Gone though?
There is nothing I've seen of that game that puts it anywhere's near the same breath as Spider-Man or God of War in any possible way. That sounds way meaner than it should but it feels accurate to me. I'm sure websites will do their best to pitch in for salesforce but I have a hard time seeing it do numbers.
Is it selling well? We already know the destiny series isn't. It's flopping.
https://kotaku.com/activision-says-its-not-happy-with-destinys-sales-1830322804
I could see it being Days Gone. I know people thing a first-party open world Sony zombie game is a guaranteed smash hit, but I'm not so sure. Nothing I've seen of the game has inspired confidence.
I'm personally hoping that Anthem does well. I've really liked what I've seen of the game, but it seems to be pretty widely hated on here.
I'm personally hoping that Anthem does well. I've really liked what I've seen of the game, but it seems to be pretty widely hated on here.
He was talking about the alpha, which refers to Destiny 1. Which I do believe sold very well.
i think it has been very intentional that we've only seen a small fraction of the game. News outlets and even Suda 51 himself have been oddly quiet until now. I honestly think there is an info embargo on the game because nobody even seems to mention that not much is known. Almost like reporters know something we don't.
on December 20th-21st there is a massive info blowout streaming on famitsu. Suda has promised to detail tons of new gameplay, reveal story and character details, and reveal the post release content. So get ready to very quickly go from not knowing much to knowing too much very quickly.
personally I think Suda wanted to keep hype quiet until after Smash had been out for a couple weeks. I have a feeling part of the info blowout will be Travis for Smash (and if we are REALLY lucky, a Travis Amiibo)
so only about 9 days and we will know a lot more than we do now. And I've got a feeling it's going to be gosh darn impressive.
Well, fingers crossed, I suppose. I want TSA to be good. That series has lain dormant for almost eight years now, and needs to come back.
It's not outright impossible Anthem to flop. Not an outright bomba, but it could still under-perform. Expectation are sky high for the game. It needs to pass the sales goals on that first of all. Then it needs to prove its long-tail GaaS and monetisation plan. And that's all assuming that the first year of the game goes off without a single hitch or requiring major corrective actions on the part of Bioware, ala Division and Destiny 2.
It's kind of genius how Microsoft have taken themselves out of any of these types of discussions moving forward with gamepass.
Crackdown 3 a flop you say.......but look how many are 'engaged' with it!
Crackdown 3 a flop you say.......but look how many are 'engaged' with it!
Code Vein.
I so want this game to be good (like holy shit please give me Anime Dark Souls), but everything I have seen just leaves me with this nagging feeling of "man this game is going to be really bad". Most games these days that I pay attention to seem "fine" at the worst and this just really sticks out to me as an exception. There's also just generally been negativity surrounding this game ever since its announcement and it just felt off and wrong to people from the get go.
I feel like this game is just going to launch like a sad wet fart with abysmal numbers, because I haven't seen any of the people who are into Anime Games or Souls Games have any positivity for it and this is the kind of game that lives and dies on a core audience.
I so want this game to be good (like holy shit please give me Anime Dark Souls), but everything I have seen just leaves me with this nagging feeling of "man this game is going to be really bad". Most games these days that I pay attention to seem "fine" at the worst and this just really sticks out to me as an exception. There's also just generally been negativity surrounding this game ever since its announcement and it just felt off and wrong to people from the get go.
I feel like this game is just going to launch like a sad wet fart with abysmal numbers, because I haven't seen any of the people who are into Anime Games or Souls Games have any positivity for it and this is the kind of game that lives and dies on a core audience.
What makes me laugh is the 'imo' part, there's not really room for opinion on whether it's a flop or not, it's a fact (and it's definitely not).